What the test and trace system is not telling us

Analysis: Shaun Lintern discusses the emerging NHS initiative – and the lack of evidence of its success

The military assists at a facility in Scarborough (AFP/Getty)

For the country to return to something resembling normal life, the ability of coronavirus to rampantly spread through our towns and cities must be curtailed.

Lockdown has, albeit with terrible consequences for the economy, stopped the virus and reduced the number of daily infections.

But it cannot be a permanent solution and the only option without a vaccine is a successful test, trace and isolate system to crack down on infections when they emerge.